Every brand has its area of expertise. This is your unique selling proposition. It’s your competitive advantage that helps you stand out in your field — at least, that’s true if you can build your topical authority. Topical authority is the process of successfully signaling your subject matter expertise (SME) online. Typically, this happens through…

We live in the new age of AI Overview. As the search world adjusts and, in many ways, resets itself, content marketers are analyzing how they can improve their approach to SEO strategy in the new normal created by artificial intelligence powered search.  I’ve found that website SEO vectorization is one of the key elements to…

Every industry has some kind of online presence. Retailers focus on e-commerce. Journalists share breaking news. Healthcare businesses provide educational information.  Companies in the financial sector can use the online landscape to improve visibility and serve customers. They can also establish brand authority by educating consumers and helping combat misinformation in a highly important area of…

Search engine optimization (SEO) is essential for healthcare providers. It strengthens brand awareness, increases online visibility, improves local search presence, and attracts quality search engine traffic. While an important part of healthcare marketing, though, SEO in the healthcare industry isn’t easy. In fact, it can be downright challenging — and limited, too.  Most business sites…

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of helping search engines find your content online and present it to the right consumers in their search engine results. SEO applies to most online content, and it can be slightly different in each scenario. Case in point: ecommerce SEO. Ecommerce SEO uses many similar SEO elements, like keywords…

In March 2024, a massive leak of roughly 2,500 documents hit the internet. The topic? How the Google Search Algorithm works. The unexpected event released thousands of details about ranking features and metrics (although it did not clarify how much it weighted each of these). Readers were treated to insights on how content is ranked,…

Search engines are seeing some of the biggest impacts of the AI revolution. Generative AI has breathed new life into smaller platforms like Bing. OpenAI is working on its own search engine.  And Google? The biggest search engine of them all has upended the marketing industry yet again by introducing AI at scale in the…

YMYL, standing for “Your Money Your Life,” is a key aspect of SEO for those industries that fall in the space. The acronym references online content that has an important, real-world impact on its users. As the term implies, the most obvious YMYL category would either be health and finance. However, the categorization can also…

Google’s Helpful Content Update recently pushed the Google updating cycle back into the spotlight. However, the reality is search engine updates are part of an SEO’s life. Every year, multiple core updates take place across the Google ecosystem.  The impact of a Google algorithm update is difficult to predict. Some can have detrimental effects on…

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A well-rounded marketing strategy requires a lot of moving parts, each of which must work cohesively and contribute to the success of the whole.  Digital PR enhances your credibility as a brand. Solid human-focused content reinforces your authority in the eyes of consumers. Social media personalizes your brand. But what about SEO marketing? How does…